Ship Bottom

Ship Bottom is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey. The town was named for a March 1817 incident in which a woman was saved from a capsized ship by rescuers, who used their axes to cut through the ship's hull (the ship bottom). It was incorporated as Ship Bottom-Beach Arlington in 1925, and the name was shortened to Ship Bottom in 1947. The borough was nicknamed the "Gateway to Long Beach Island", as the only access to the island is through a road from Manahawkin. In 2016, Ship Bottom had a population of 1,139 people.